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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abase | to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| adroit | dexterous; deft |
| aesthetic | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
| affable | easygoing; friendly |
| alacrity | cheerful willingness |
| alleviate | to ease a pain or burden |
| alturism | Unselfish regard for the welfare of others |
| amalgam | combination of different things; mixture |
| ambigious | open to more than one interpretation |
| ambivalent | Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain |
| amiable | friendly; agreeable; good-natured |
| anachronistic | chronologically misplaced |
| apathetic | showing little or no emotion or animation; not caring at all |
| arboreal | relating to or resembling a tree or trees |
| arcane | known or understood by only a few |
| archaic | characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| assimilate | to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar |
| astute | shrewd; clever |
| augment | to enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity |
| aural | of or pertaining to hearing or the ear |
| austere | without decoration; strict |
| banal | obvious and dull |
| belie | to picture falsely; misrepresent |
| belligerent | inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive |
| beneficial | producing or promoting a favorable result; helpful |
| benign | harmless, kind and gentle |
| bolster | to provide support or reinforcement |
| bombastic | Given to pompous speech or writing |
| brevity | briefness; short duration |
| burgeon | to grow rapidly or flourish |
| cacophony | harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
| cajole | to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery |
| callous | emotionally hardened, unfeeling |
| candid | completely honest, straightforward |
| cantankerous | ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable |
| capricious | impulsive and unpredictable |
| castigate | to criticize or punish severely; to cast out |
| cathartic | relaxing after an emotional outburst |
| censure | blame; criticize |
| chicanery | trickery; deception |
| circumscribe | to draw a circle around; to restrict |
| circumspect | careful; prudent; discreet |
| clandestine | done secretively, especially to deceive; surreptitious |
| complement | something that completes or makes perfect |
| conciliatory | appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile |
| concord | harmony; agreement |
| concur | to be of the same opinion; to agree with |
| conjecture | An inference or conclusion based on incomplete evidence |
| conspicuous | Easy to notice; obvious |
| contentuous | quarrelsome, arguementative |
| convoluted | Intricate and complicated |
| copious | plentiful; having a large quantity |
| cosmopolitan | having worldwide scope; so sophisticated as to be at home in all parts of the world |
| credible | capable of being believed; plausible, believable |
| curative | something that cures; a remedy |
| dearth | a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine |
| debacle | a sudden and violent collapse; disaster |
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